1. READING & WRITING
MYSTERIES WITH KIDS
Kate Messner
Dublin Literacy Conference – February 2013

3. A, B, C, or D?
Mastering the Standardized Test

4. READING & WRITING
MYSTERIES WITH KIDS
Kate Messner
Dublin Literacy Conference – February 2013

7. The Star Spangled Setup

13. …quote accurately from a text
when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when
drawing inferences from the
text.

14. EVIDENCE!!!

22. What would you do if you knew that failure
was impossible?

23. PERMISSION
TO FAIL

27. LET’S BUILD A MYSTERY!
CRIME

28. LET’S BUILD A MYSTERY!
SUSPECT 1
MOTIVE
SUSPECT 2
MOTIVE
CRIME
SUSPECT 3
MOTIVE

29. LET’S BUILD A MYSTERY!
INVESTIGATOR SUSPECT 1
MOTIVE
MOTIVE
SUSPECT 2
INVESTIGATOR
MOTIVE
MOTIVE CRIME
SUSPECT 3
INVESTIGATOR
MOTIVE
MOTIVE

30. SLEUTHS VICTIMS SUSPECTS FALSE BAD GUYS!
SUSPECTS
CHARACTERS: MICHAEL OLD LADY
JOSE SOFIA RECEPTIONIST
ANNA RUSSIAN LADY VINCENT GOOSEN
HENRY ALEJANDRO DINNER ROLL GUY
RONALD

31. LET’S BUILD A MYSTERY!
CRIME

32. LET’S BUILD A MYSTERY!
SUSPECT 1
MOTIVE
SUSPECT 2
MOTIVE
CRIME
SUSPECT 3
MOTIVE

33. LET’S BUILD A MYSTERY!
INVESTIGATOR SUSPECT 1
MOTIVE
MOTIVE
SUSPECT 2
INVESTIGATOR
MOTIVE
MOTIVE CRIME
SUSPECT 3
INVESTIGATOR
MOTIVE
MOTIVE

34. READING & WRITING
MYSTERIES WITH KIDS
Kate Messner
Dublin Literacy Conference – February 2013